ENGR. PROF. C. A. BOLU

Engr. Prof. Christian
Amaechi Bolu, a Nigerian, born 8th June 1950, in Oba, Idemili South
LGA of Anambra State, graduated with B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from
University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1976,
M.Eng in Industrial Engineering from University of Toronto, Canada in 1979 and Ph.D in Industrial and Systems
Engineering from University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom in 1982.He became a corporate member of
the Nigerian Society of Engineers in 1982, a Registered Engineer with COREN in
1983(R2060). In 2005, he was admitted Fellow of the Nigeria Society Engineers.
Engr Bolu, a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Industrial Engineers and
Member, Computer
Professional Registration Council of Nigeria, is
a certified consultant of SAP and Autodesk technologies in Enterprise Resource
Planning and Computer Aided Engineering Design.

He was the first
Nigerian Managing Director, Aluminium Extrusion Industries Plc, Owerri, Imo
State, where he moved the Company from the 2nd-Tier securities market to the
1st-Tier; first African General Manager of Tower Extrusions, Lagos, where he
set up the first CNC wire-cutting machine and the first powder-coating plant in
Nigeria. As the first African Managing Director, International Data Management
Services Ltd, Ikeja, he developed an Enterprise Resource Planning software used
in engineering manufacturing plants in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya.

In Engineering
Education, he distinguished himself as the pioneer Dean of Engineering, Federal
University Oye-Ekiti, where he started up seven Engineering Programmes. He also
pioneered the University of Nigeria Innovation Centre. He is presently the
Director of Covenant University’s drive to become one of the world’s top ten
universities by the year 2022. In research, Prof Bolu
has over 70 academic research/technical publications in reputable
international, national journals, engineering conferences and in the creation
of several industrial intellectual properties in deep drawing, extrusion and
rolling mills technologies.

In 1987, was elected
Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Lagos branch, appointed the pioneer
chairman of the NSE industrialisation committee and in 1989 elected the
National Technical Secretary, Nigeria Society of Engineers. In 2013, he chaired
the COREN Mechatronics Engineering
Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) Committee and has served as
resource person for engineering degree programmes accreditation.